National Guardsman Recovering Following Sustaining Gunshot Wounds in the Nation's Capital
A member of the National Guard is on the mend after he was gravely wounded in an ambush-style shooting last month in Washington DC.
The family of Andrew Wolfe, twenty-four, report "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's beginning to 'look more like himself,'" said West Virginia Governor the governor.
The soldier's relatives anticipates the Air Force staff sergeant to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel hopeful about his recovery, said the governor.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two West Virginia National Guard members injured by gunfire when a shooter opened fire in proximity to the presidential residence on November 26th. His fellow guardsmember, 20-year-old his counterpart, died from her injuries.
"We continue to ask all state residents and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" the governor said.
The governor was present at a vigil on Friday evening for the injured soldier at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the serviceman was once a student.
A clergyman at the event read a statement from the soldier's parents, his family.
"We know that there is a difficult journey to go," they expressed, according to regional media outlets.
"But our belief keeps us hopeful. We remain grateful for the prayers and the encouragement from people all over the globe."
Earlier in the week, the governor said the serviceman had acknowledged medical staff with a positive gesture and was capable of move his toes.
Police have charged the suspected shooter, an individual from Afghanistan named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill.
Before coming to the US in two years ago, he was once a member of a special forces unit in a CIA-backed unit that worked with US forces in Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of 2,000 National Guard members whom President Donald Trump dispatched to the nation's capitol in last summer as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities.
In the aftermath of the shooting, Trump said he wanted another 500 National Guard troops deployed to the District of Columbia.
The former presidential office has also cited the shooting as a justification for further immigration crackdown measures.
They have halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction announced over the summer, among them the suspect's home country.
